share calendars including color categories

[Harald]

I have in my mailbox a second calender, that is shared to other users. The
calendar entries are categorized using colour codes. Some of the people that
access this calendar cannot see the color categories; others do see them. Why
does this happen?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

They don't have the categories added to their master list.

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[russ c]

Is there a quick way for them to do this?

I am converting from Outlook 2003 where we used the calendar coloring and
labels on a shared public calendar to identify assigned staff. The labels
could be changed independently for each calendar.

Now when I created the categories and assigned colors from my computer it
does not change the color on the shared calendar for other users. This has
made for much confusion.

They don't have the categories added to their master list.

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I have in my mailbox a second calender, that is shared to other users. The
calendar entries are categorized using colour codes. Some of the people
that
access this calendar cannot see the color categories; others do see them.
Why
does this happen?

 

[russ c]

Should have noted on my previous post that we are converting from Outook 2003
to 2007

They don't have the categories added to their master list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I have in my mailbox a second calender, that is shared to other users. The
calendar entries are categorized using colour codes. Some of the people
that
access this calendar cannot see the color categories; others do see them.
Why
does this happen?

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

In OL03 you had used colored labels, which have nothign to do with the new
color categories in OL07.

First, if you have upgraded from OL03 to OL07, have each user right click
the top folder of the mailbox, choose Properties, then click 'Upgrade to
Color Categories'.

If you share a folder of your mailbox, other OL07 users will see your
categories and colors as their Outlook will access your master category
list. If some of them are still running OL03, they cannot see the colors as
that's not supported by OL03.

But if it's not a shared folder but a public folder, the other people need
to create the same master list of categories with the same colors on their
machines. They can do that manually, or use a tool that can distribute your
categories and colors to the others. For details see 'Category Manager' in
my signature, please.

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Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

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Am Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:12:01 -0700 schrieb russ c:

Should have noted on my previous post that we are converting from Outook 2003
to 2007

They don't have the categories added to their master list.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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I have in my mailbox a second calender, that is shared to other users. The
calendar entries are categorized using colour codes. Some of the people
that
access this calendar cannot see the color categories; others do see them.
Why
does this happen?